#8d7397

Color #8d7397

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning medium purple.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 19.86 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-500 #79697b · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#8d7397

RGB

rgb(141, 115, 151)

HSL

hsl(283.3, 14.8%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(283.3, 23.8%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(52.02, 17.04, -15.66)

LCH

lch(52.02, 23.14, 317.42)

OKLCH

oklch(59.3%, 0.0616, 316.51)

HWB

hwb(283.3, 45.1%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7d9773

Analogous

#7b7397

#8d7397

#97738f

Triadic

#8d7397

#978d73

#73978d

Split-complementary

#8d7397

#8f9773

#73977b

Tetradic

#8d7397

#97737d

#7d9773

#73978d

Square

#8d7397

#977b73

#7d9773

#738f97

Shades

Color #8d7397 mixed toward black.

#765f7f

#5f4c66

#47394c

#2f2633

#181319

Tints

Color #8d7397 mixed toward white.

#a08aa8

#b3a2ba

#c6b9cb

#d9d0dc

#ece8ee

Tones

Color #8d7397 mixed toward gray.

#8c7694

#8a7991

#897c8e

#887f8b

#868288

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.03:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83828f · ΔE 12.6

Deuteranopia

#84868d · ΔE 16.1

Tritanopia

#8c8987 · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #8d7397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#8d7397]

Related colors

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#8d7397 (#8d7397) is rgb(141, 115, 151) in RGB.

No, #8d7397 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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